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Show Residents Med to Help "Muzzle Measles" at Clinics Sat.. May 13 such symptoms persist, a doctor doc-tor should be consulted. Dr. Welling urged all parents par-ents to bring children to the measles clinic this Saturday, May 13. The Utah State Medical Medi-cal Association and the Utah Department of Health believe that measles can be eradicat-in eradicat-in in Utah forever. Although the vaccine administered is free, donations will be gratefully grate-fully accepted to help defray clinic expenses. As a guideline, guide-line, 50 cents per child is suggested. sug-gested. Iw your child is between the ages of 1 and 12 take him to the clinic at the South Elementary Elem-entary in Cedar City and the Parowan Elementary in Parowan Paro-wan this Saturday, May 13. 1 This Saturday, May 13, is I doomsday for measles in the state of Utah. That's the day 1 the Utah State Medical Asso-I Asso-I ciation and the Utah State De-1 De-1 partment of Health plan to I "Muzzle Measles, once and for fill!" 1 Fifty-six clinics will be held throughout the state to ad- minister vaccine to children from ages 1 to 12 who have not had measles or a measles shot Here in Cedar City the 4 clinic will be held at South i Elementary. ! In Parowan the clinic will f be held at the Elementary i school I Muzzle Measles is aimed at I -wiping out the common red i measles known medically as 1 Rubeola. Red measles is a I serious disease and can leave many after effects such as J mental retardation, deafness i or death. In fact, one in every one thousand cases of measles will develop measles encephalitis encepha-litis which results in brain damage, da-mage, and measles today kills six times as many people as PCan measles be wiped out? "Yes", says Dr. C. Clark Welling, Well-ing, general campaign chairman chair-man "One immunization against ag-ainst red measles is sufficient to give life-ling immunity against this disease." The vaccine given at trie Muzzle Measles clinics in Utah will be the Schwarz strain developed by the Pitt-man Pitt-man Moore Pharmaceutical Company. No additional dose of gamma globulin is necessary neces-sary with this vaccine and reactions re-actions are very limited, i Dr Welling reminded par ents that there are certain children who should receive the measles vaccine under the care of their private physician physi-cian and not at the chnics. For example, children who have a fever on the day ot the clinic, children who are suffering from or being treated treat-ed for cancer, leukemia tuberculosis, tub-erculosis, children allergic to esgs, or children who have had a convulsion in the past five years should take the vaccine under the care of a physician. Although little reaction to the measles shot is normally noted sometimes children develop de-velop 'fevers and small rashes after a measles shot. Should |